Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 31, 2026. This Privacy Policy applies to SmyrnaTN.com (smyrnatn.com), operated by J3 Media, LLC (“J3 Media,” “we,” “us” or “our”).
AI-generated content: please also see our AI Content Disclosure & Release of Liability, which explains how we use AI, its limits, and how to report an AI-related error. Use of the site is also governed by our Terms and Conditions.
Who we are
Our website address is https://smyrnatn.com. J3 Media publishes local news, events and community information for Smyrna and Middle Tennessee.
Comments and forms
When visitors leave comments or submit a form on the site, we collect the data shown in the form, plus the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it; its privacy policy is at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (Akismet).
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies, which last one year. If you visit our login page we set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies; it contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in we set several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices: login cookies last two days, screen options cookies last a year, and “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie records the post ID you just edited; it contains no personal data and expires after one day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example videos, images or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website. Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, including if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics, advertising and affiliate links
We may use analytics and advertising services, such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense, which use cookies or similar technologies to measure traffic and show ads. Some links on the site are affiliate links, and we may earn a commission if you buy through them. Those third parties have their own privacy policies and practices.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email. We do not sell your personal information.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For users who register on the site, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can see, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except their username), and site administrators can also see and edit it.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, and you can ask us to erase it. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Please contact us.